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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






2. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






3. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






4. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






5. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






6. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






7. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






8. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






9. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






10. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






11. Wide Range Achievement Test






12. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






13. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






14. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






15. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






16. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






17. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






18. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






19. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






20. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






21. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






22. Final stable syllable

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23. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.






24. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






25. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






26. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






27. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






28. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






29. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






30. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






31. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






32. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






33. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






34. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






35. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






36. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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37. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






38. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






39. r-controlled syllable






40. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






41. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






42. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






43. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






44. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






45. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






46. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






47. Proceeds from the part to the whole.Reading is driven by the text. Emphasizes the written or printed text. Flesch - Gough - LaBerge and Samuels.






48. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






49. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






50. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"